Target



W. LTANGEMAN.

Target.

No. 225,734. Patented Mar, 23, 1880.

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WILLIAM A. TANGEMAN, OF LOCKLAND, OHIO.

TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,734, dated March23, 1880.

Application filed June 28, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. TANGE- MAN, ofLockland, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved Target and Target-Stand, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the target and stand. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same on line .70 as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan ofone of the halves of the target before they are sewed together. Fig. 4is a perspective view, showing the shape of the ends of the horizontalbars of the stand.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a target and target-stand tobe used in archery lighter and more durable than those now in use, andpossessing the advantage over all others of stopping the arrows andallowing them to be easily withdrawn and without injury.

The invention consists of a rectangular stand composed of two uprightand three cross pieces of wood loosely mortiscd andtenoned together, andheld and braced to each other partly by a simple arrangement of cordsand partly by the octagonal target of cloth, stout paper, or otherfabric, that is made of two like pieces sewed together and drawn overthe upper section of the stand; and it further consists of a targetbackmade of closely-woven cloth and aflixed to the stand just; behindithetargetf by elastic straps,that cause it to yield under the impact of thearrow, and thereby check its further progress.

A A represent the standards, mortised at a to receive the ends ofthecross-pieces B B, that are inserted therein.

The cord 1) is passed through the slot 0 in the lower cross-piece,thence in turn through the holes (1 e in one of the standards, andthence diagonally up through the slot f in the central cross-piece; andthe cord g is passed in succession through the corresponding holes k, i,la, and l. The ends of both cords are then knotted,so that theymay notdraw through the holes or slots, and are twisted by the pin m until theparts of the stand are drawn together and held firmly. The four pins 02n,

driven in the holes in the standards, help to make the stand rigid.

The target 0 consists of two pieces of cloth, paper, or other fabric, ofthe shape as shown in Fig. 3, that are sewed together, excepting at theshorter edges 0, leaving four corner openings. shown, so as to embraceand hold firmly together the upper parts of the standards and thecentral and upper cross-pieces, and when stretched upon the stand inthis way the opposite faces of the target are separate from each otherby the width of a standard.

The target-back D, of closely-woven stout cloth, is held just behind thetarget by loops p, of rubber or other elastic material, two of which areengaged in the slots 8 in the tops of the standards, while the two lowerones are looped over the two highest of the pins n n in the sides of thestandards.

This is fixedupon the stand, as

When an arrow has passed through the target and strikes the target backthe latter yields so quickly as to be seldom cut or pierced by thearrow-head.

This target, with the two opposite faces having a space of three or fourinches, or thereabout, between them, though constructed of a lightmaterial, has great effect in arresting the flight of the arrow, becauseboth faces are quite elastic and so placed in relation to each other asto exert their fullest retarding efiect, and what the target itselflacks of this capacity is supplied by the elastic back.

It is obvious, therefore, that in cheapness, lightness, and durabilitythis target excels most, if not all, others; ind the materialused for itprovides a suitable surface for painting or printing the'rings andbulls-eye upon, whereas other targets require separate faces.

A target-face made of closely-woven cloth with the colors thickly laidon will be cut and torn by every arrow that strikes it. Hence I preferto make my target of burlaps or other loosely-woven material, and tostain or dye it with the required colors, thus adding to its durabilityand cheapness.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The within-described target-stand, consisting ofthe two standards A A and three 3. The combination of the stand,consisting cross-pieces, B B, lnortised and tenoned toof standards A Aand crosspieces B B,d0ublegether, and held and bracedin proper relativefaced target 0, and elastic target-back D conposition to each other bythe cords I)" and g, strueted and arranged substantially as herein l 5 5substantially as herein shown and described. shown, and for the purposedescribed.

2. The double target 0, consisting of two octagonal pieces of cloth,paper, or other fabric WILLIAM A. TAN GEMAN. united at their alternateedges, and held stretched and apart by the standards and Witnesses: Iocross-pieces of the target-Stand substantially N. W. MAXWELL, as hereinshown and described. 1 JoHN S. GONNER.

